Coming to VOD today, Monday, November 30: SAM KLEMKE’S TIME MACHINE
Matthew Bate’s exploration of an ordinary man’s documented life debuted at Sundance this year. Other fest appearances included Rotterdam, Cleveland, Hot Docs, Open City Docs, Docville, and Doc Aviv, among others. It now comes to VOD via Vimeo on Demand.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to Netflix this Saturday, November 28: BEST OF ENEMIES
Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon’s look back at the infamous Buckley/Vidal debates debuted at Sundance this year. Other fest berths have included DOC NYC, Nantucket, BAMcinemaFest, AFI Docs, Outfest, San Francisco, SXSW, Hot Docs, Full Frame, Srasota, Miami, and IFF Boston, among others. The film was released on several VOD platforms earlier this month, and now comes to Netflix.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 24: THE SQUARE (AL MIDAN)
Jehane Noujaim’s immersive look at the Egyptian revolution premiered at Sundance in 2013, where it won an audience award. A revised version made its way to Toronto, winning another audience award win, before screening at the New York Film Festival, DOC NYC, and Dubai, among others, before it was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Academy Award.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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Coming to HBO today, Monday, November 23: 3 1/2 MINUTES, TEN BULLETS
Marc Silver’s look at a notorious case of race-fueled gun violence debuted at Sundance earlier year, where it picked up a special jury award. Screenings followed at Full Frame, Seattle, Sheffield, Ashland, RiverRun, and Human Rights Watch, among others.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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This morning, the first lineup announcement for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival was made, revealing the feature selections in the Midnight section. The nine titles may be found here.
The festival will take place January 21-31. Remaining lineup announcements will be announced in the coming weeks.
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Coming to theatres this Friday, November 20: CENSORED VOICES
Mor Loushy’s poignant revisitation of the Six Day War had its world premiere at Sundance this year. It also screened at Berlin, Hot Docs, BFI London, DMZ Docs, DOXA, DocAviv, Documenta Madrid, and Docs Against Gravity, among others.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Yesterday, I highlighted several of the competitive sections at IDFA, which launches its 28th edition tonight, Wednesday, November 18. This supplemental post provides an overview of the impressive fest’s many non-competitive sections, which, in addition to scores of standout titles which have been on the festival circuit this year, includes several less-familiar offerings not yet covered here. The latter are the focus of this overview: Continue reading
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Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 17: MERU
Jimmy Chin and E Chai Vasarhelyi’s look at attempts to scale a daunting mountain debuted at Sundance this year, picking up an audience award. Other fest screenings have included Nantucket, True/False, Full Frame, San Francisco, Telluride Mountainfilm, and Nashville, among others.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Just as America’s largest nonfiction festival, DOC NYC, wraps up, the world’s largest documentary event, Amsterdam’s IDFA, kicks off. The powerhouse fest celebrates its 28th edition between tomorrow, Wednesday, November 18 and Sunday, November 29, showcasing more than 170 new documentary features among scores more retrospective programming, shorts, and new media work. As in the past, IDFA’s massive scope necessitates splitting up this overview into two posts – today’s spotlights the various competitive sections, while tomorrow’s looks at non-competitive strands: Continue reading
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Coming to Showtime tomorrow, Saturday, November 14: LISTEN TO ME MARLON
Stevan Riley’s meticulously crafted portrait of Marlon Brandon debuted at Sundance this year. Further festival screenings followed at Nantucket, San Francisco, New Directors/New Films, Hot Docs, AFI Docs, Sydney, Seattle, Provincetown, and Ashland, among others.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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